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Heena Sidhu Bags Gold Medal in 25m Pistol Event

Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2018 by Christie Tate

Heena Sidhu Bags Gold Medal in 25m Pistol Event

I would look to to change the colour of the medal next time.

The 37-year-old Tejaswini claimed the top prize by shattering the Games record in women's 50m rifle 3 positions event while putting in the shade compatriot and silver victor Anjum Moudgil's remarkable resilience.

And, England are whom they will face to win the bronze on Saturday.

Northern Ireland shooter Kirsty Barr's silver medal at the Commonwealth Games was a timely present for her grandmother.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 10th day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold coast. There will be an inquiry after the Games is over and it will be time-bound.

In an exceptional and near-perfect effort, Bajrang Punia brought home yet another gold for India in men's freestyle 65kg wrestling.

Meanwhile, Pooja Dhanda settled for a silver medal after slumping to a 5-7 defeat at the hands of Nigeria's Odunayo Adekuoroye in the finals of the women's 57 kg category.

"I'm very excited that I became the Commonwealth champion", he said. "It is challenging but I am confident that we will do it", Indian boxing's High Performance Director Santiago Nieva told PTI at the end of the day's proceedings.

Officials said both denied knowing where the needles came from and the expulsion would be appealed. There is no doping offence involved.

It was a quintessential goof-up story as far as the administrators were concerned but baffling was Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's silence on the matter despite touching down in the city today.

The Craigavon shooter hit 69 of a possible 75 targets to finish in a tie for first place after the qualifying round and she continued that form in the final, which featured a field of just six competitors.

"There is a lot of confusion, why our athletes were banned, how they confirmed this".

A statement by the Commonwealth Games Federation President Louise Martin reads, "Rakesh Babu and Irfan Kolothum Thodi are with immediate effect not permitted to participate in the Games".

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